Officials have confirmed Cedar City resident Heather Warino Alvarado was one of the 60 victims killed in the Las Vegas shooting.

Las Vegas Metro Police said the 35-year-old mother of three succumbed to her injuries after a shooter opened fire on the 22,000 concertgoers attending the “Route 91 Harvest Festival.”. She had traveled to Las Vegas to attend the concert with her daughter, who was not injured in the shooting.

Alvarado was the wife of Cedar City Firefighter Albert Alvarado. CCFD Chief Mike Phillips said he had been with the department for seven years. Both Alvarado, his wife and their children had become an integral part of the department’s family.

Heather Warino Alvarado(Photo: Cedar City Fire Department)

“This is part of our family,” Phillips told The Spectrum & Daily News Tuesday. “This is one of our firemen’s wife. She’s family and she will be missed.”

After learning of the incident, the fire department sent three crew members to support Albert Alverado while he awaited news on his wife's condition. He was not with his wife at the time of the shooting. He learned of her death late Monday night at a Las Vegas hospital.

“There’s no question that we are going to feel the soreness and loss from this senseless act of violence from this coward for years to come,” Phillips said.

A release from the Cedar City Police Department asked that the family be given privacy at this time to allow them to properly grieve and process their loss.

A GoFundMe account established by a friend of the family described Heather Alvarado as a loving wife, mother, sister and friend.

“Heather is always the first to help out,” the page said. “She is always so welcoming. Anyone she comes across, she makes them feel like family.”

Heather Alvarado ran an in-home day care center and was a member of the CCFD Ladies Auxiliary. The couple loved to travel, including taking cruises and day trips with their three children.

"She was happiest when she was together with her family — especially her children —and she would do anything for them," CCPD Sgt. Jerry Womack said in a news release.

An account has been opened at the State Bank of Southern Utah under Heather Alvarado's name to assist with funeral costs.